Can the militia have planet defenses?

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I'm trying to make a map where a few of the planets have the usual militia NPCs defending it, but I'd like a few gun placements, hangar bays and repair tatical items to spawn when the map does.

 

I've tried playing with it, but they don't spawn...what am I missing?

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Kaashar

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Check out the GalaxyScenarioDef file. The templates at the bottom have militia defences in.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top


IIRC, I was doing a map in GalForge a bit back... In the templates you could assign to a planet were a couple that had the planet actually settled by the neutrals, planetary defenses and all. I also know through poking around these templates are editable, making addition of weapon platforms or fighter bays possible.

I know for a fact it was quite a surprise when I popped into the system I had assigned the template to with my begin game little fleet and was greeted by a full fledged navy and defense network...

The templates are where I would start looking...

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Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Mmmm... just reading back to your question: "they don't spawn...what am I missing?", I forgot to add that the Militia force HAS to be the owner of a planet. You can't have a neutral planet with defences, it must be owned by the militia.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I'd love to see a militia map where their planets get tougher and tougher to crack. I think assigning capital ships that are bound to the gravity well and supported by repair bays, turrets, and strike craft, would be a fun challenge.

-- Retro
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Mmmm... just reading back to your question: "they don't spawn...what am I missing?", I forgot to add that the Militia force HAS to be the owner of a planet. You can't have a neutral planet with defences, it must be owned by the militia.
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That's what I was trying to remember... And exactly the truth of it.

Thanks Uzii!
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
So how do you define the militia as owner of a planet in GalaxyForge?
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Sorry, out of my field of expertise, I don't use GF.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
So how do you define the militia as owner of a planet in GalaxyForge?
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I haven't messed with GF much since it's initial release, but I could never figure out how to do that.

Uzii is correct that "Militia" is an actual ownership and they much have planet ownership for static defenses to be possible, but I was never able to make it work.

The game has no pre-made maps where this is the case, so I made one with the in-game generator and turned the Militia slider all the way up, found a planet that had static defenses, then looked at the map in GF/notepad and it didn't even have templates attached to that specific planet, or anything to indicate that it was set up for Militia ownership.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Right, you could choose Militia out of the templates, but there is only a chance to have the Militia be the planet owner. So, one has to make a own template for this case otherwise it won't fire i guess. Anyone able to post a how-to?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Thank you for the responses, I've at least got some things to follow up on now.

I like your idea Retro. I and my friends play co-op against the 'bots. I think it'd be more fun if any non-asteroid got progressively stronger as you went along. It'd definately add a new element to the game.